The website of a Miami-based networking and security solutions reseller became inaccessible Monday, shortly after the company began advertising an unauthorized Mac clone for a fraction of the cost of Apple's cheapest system. Dubbed OpenMac, the USD 400 offering from Psystar Corporation is described as 'a low-cost high-performance computing platform' based on the ongoing OSX86Project - a hacker-based initiative aimed at maintaining a version of the Mac OS X operating system for everyday PCs. The website is back online now, and the machine has been renamed to Open Computer. Update:Psystar says they will continue to sell the Open Computer system, despite the fact that it appears to violate Apple's EULA. "We're not breaking any laws," they insisted.

Well the website was working a moment ago, just got too slow to continue.

These guys seem to be all over the place, the OpenComputer seems to be a recent business addition to what otherwise looks nothing like your typical PC builder. I don't think I'd buy from them in a million years but I would like to know the exact spec of their machine so I could get the motherboard directly and do the rest myself.

I have a MiniMac & Leopard so I am not too happy with Apple when this very closed hardware failed after only 30 days, motherboard no less. If it had been an open platform I could have replaced the board myself and could do upgrades at will. It bugs me no end that Apple will not sell user expandable boxes with out paying several times as much. I really only want MiniMac with a little bit more capability and dual video out, this OpenComputer would be ideal for what I want.